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διετής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διετής διετές

Structure: διετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/tos

Sense

  1. of or lasting two years, two years

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἄρρενα δὲ μὴ πρόσθεν ἢ διέτη γενόμενον ἐξάγειν ἐπὶ θήραν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 26 1:1)
  • καὶ τὸν νεὼν καθαρίσαντεσ ἕτερον θυσιαστήριον ἐποίησαν καὶ πυρώσαντεσ λίθουσ καὶ πῦρ ἐκ τούτων λαβόντεσ, ἀνήνεγκαν θυσίαν μετὰ διετῆ χρόνον καὶ θυμίαμα καὶ λύχνουσ καὶ τῶν ἄρτων τὴν πρόθεσιν ἐποιήσαντο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:3)
  • ὁ δὲ Δεινοκράτην προδοὺσ τοὺσ συμμάχουσ τὸν μὲν Πασίφιλον ἐν τῇ Γέλᾳ συναρπάσασ ἀπέκτεινεν, τὰ δὲ φρούρια καὶ τὰσ πόλεισ ἐνεχείρισεν Ἀγαθοκλεῖ, διετῆ χρόνον ἀναλώσασ εἰσ τὴν τῶν πολεμίων παράθεσιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 90 2:1)
  • ἔνιοι δέ φασι μετὰ τὴν ἔκπτωσιν τὴν Ἀμύντου διετῆ χρόνον Ἀργαῖον βασιλεῦσαι τῶν Μακεδόνων, καὶ τότε τὸν Ἀμύνταν ἀνακτήσασθαι τὴν βασιλείαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 91 11:1)
  • ὁ μὲν οὖν Κυπριακὸσ πόλεμοσ δεκαετὴσ σχεδὸν γεγενημένοσ καὶ τὸ πλέον τοῦ χρόνου περὶ παρασκευὰσ ἀσχοληθείσ, διετῆ χρόνον τὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσι συνεχῶσ πολεμηθεὶσ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον κατελύθη. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 8 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or lasting two years

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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